According to city officials, the number of refugee claimants in the shelter system has surged in recent months, now accounting for 40 per cent of all shelter spaces. The overwhelming majority of migrants claiming refugee status in Canada in the first quarter of 2018 hail from Nigeria, according to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's latest numbers. That's on top of the estimated $64.5 million it allocated in 2018 for refugee claimants already in the shelter system. But aside from the cost, Raftis warns, "the city of Toronto doesn't have any more space." (CBC) As of Wednesday night, the city had more than 2,700 refugees in its shelter system, and an estimated 10 more migrants are arriving each day.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2018 09:00 UTC